Error: Cannot find module '../lib/utils/unsupported.js' while using Ionic

Question

I always get this error message when I run "Ionic start project name":

Error message

Running command - failed![ERROR] An error occurred while running npm install (exit code 1):      module.js:471         throw err;         ^      Error: Cannot find module '../lib/utils/unsupported.js'         at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)         at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)         at Module.require (module.js:497:17)         at require (internal/module.js:20:19)         at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:19:21         at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:79:3)         at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)         at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)         at Module.load (module.js:487:32)         at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12) 

Answer 1

Try to remove /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm and reinstall node again. This should work.

On MacOS with Homebrew:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm brew reinstall node